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Letters Patent No. 71,010, dated Not'embe'r 19, 1867.

IMPROVBD DRAIN-TILE MACHINE.

T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES W. MILROY, of Galveston, in the county ofCass, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Drain-Tile Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation otthe same, reference being had to -the accompanying drawings, making apart ofthis specification', in Which- Figure 1 is a front view of themachine.

Figure 2 a vertical transverse section, as indicated by the line :v y ofiig. l.

Like letters in both figures of the drawings indicate like parts.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a machine formoulding tiles for drains, by means of a table and trcadles operating aroller through slides working in grooved standards, said roller formingthe tile by means of a mould arranged in combination therewith.

To enable any one skilled in the art-to make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe its construction'and operation; o

A represents'the machine. It consists of a table supported on legs, undwith two standards, a a, attached thereto, which extend a suitabledistance below and above the tuble, and secured at the top by a.crosspiece. In the standards are grooves, in which'are placed slides)ZI. Attached to the lower end ofthe slides, under the table, is a shaft,e. The shaft c extends through two treadles, d d. Theen'd ofthe onetothe 'right in fig. lis aixed to a. pivotin an open-slotted shortstandard, B', in the rear of the shaft. The centre of the other, orthere-` abouts, to the left, is aiixed to a pivot in a like standard, B,in the front of the shaft. Ahoi/e the table, and attached to the slides,is a pressureroller, C,`provi ded with circular knives, e e. The end'sof the roller are made to t loosely but snugly in elongated slots,ff, inthe standards, (see same'in dotted lines in tig. 1,) so'that the rollermay be revolved by the handle D, or moved up and down in the slots bythe treadles. Eis a mould, represented on the table .under the roller. ov

Operation: The mould being properly filled with mortar or' clay, theroller is raised by the left treadle, and the mould slid under: itbetween cleatsz'z'on the table. The roller lis then brought down by theright treadle and the tile thus formed, (see fig. 2.) While down, theroller i-s turned around bythe crank-handle, to loosen it from the tile,as well asto smooth it on the inside, the circular knives cleaning andsmoothirigl the ends of the tile. The roller is then raised by the lefttreadle, the mould pulled back, and a cutter drawn overy the top of themould to smooth oit' the upper edges oi' the tile. The tiles thus madeare then 'sproperly driedand burned for use in drains. l l

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I The construction of amachine for moulding tiles for drains by means ofva table and treadles,d d, operating the roller C through slides working in grooved standardstt a, and the combination of the mould E with the roller in a machineas* thus constructed` substantiallyin the manner and for the purpose asherein set forth.

JAMES W. MILROY.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM R. LAMB, .THORNBURG BALDWIN.

